Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.

If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.

You can never have a relationship with someone whose smell you don't like.

we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.

Love is the invention of a few high cultures ... it is cultural artifact. To make love the requirement of a lifelong marriage is exceedingly difficult, and only a few people can achieve it. I don't believe in setting universal standards that a large proportion of people can't reach.

Home, I learned, can be anywhere you make it. Home is also the place to which you come back again and again.

The United States has the power to destroy the world, but not the power to save it alone